Trees you've cut

[malk315]

Blowdown fraser fir (Christmas tree they planted in the yard years ago) Cleaned this up Saturday:
Same wind storm @RI Chevy tree was victim of I think.

 

[RI Chevy]

Yup. Probably Eric. [emoji106]

 

[Brush Ape]

I have great experience with the fiskar x27 and oak.

Was I the only one that read this one with Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice in my head?

 

[foeke]

Was I the only one that read this one with Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice in my head?

Sorry to say, I don't have that lovely german accent. (Or was he from Austria? Like more famous germans)

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[RI Chevy]

Lol. I chop things down and cut them up.

 

[MustangMike]

Don't need steroids to be good with a Fiskars! In fact, the design of the Fiskars, and it's long handle, relies more on speed than on strength.

 

[RI Chevy]

Yup. True dat Mike.

 

[foeke]

True that. The x27 isn't heavy, but works better than a x46 on oak.

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[huskyboy]

You sure that is Red Maple? Looks like Norway Maple to me based on the bark. Norway is almost as hard as Sugar Maple and is very hard to split. Red Maple usually has a smoother bark, is softer, and easier to split.

Hmm not sure it was a while ago. I was suprised how it wasn't hollow. Most soft maple that size are hollow.

 

[RI Chevy]

I cut a Red Maple about 3 years ago. First I ever heard of them. Bark was not smooth, but very thick and rough and deep grooves. Arborist said it was a red maple. I am just burning it this year. Plenty of heat, nice coals, typical hard wood. [emoji106]

 

[RI Chevy]

Now I have to cut a whole bunch of softer wood. I think it is a poplar. It takes a year or so to dry out and be good to burn. Doesn't coal up though. Just burns to ash like a cigarette. Go figure.

 

[huskyboy]

This a definite Norway maple in my yard. Easy to tell as they change colors much later than sugar maple and have very large leaves.

 

[RI Chevy]

Yes. Exactly.

 

[MustangMike]

The Norway is the last Maple to drop leaves, Sugar, Red & Silver all drop them much earlier. It is also the last to change from green to color, usually just yellow, but it depends on the year/weather. Sugar is usually much prettier (red, orange, yellow).

 

[huskyboy]

Nastiest trees I've ever cut are shagbark and any of the other hickory species, and white oak that sucks the bar oil off bar. Shagbark hickory is extra nasty because of the stringy bark and you think the chain is dull when you cut it. Dead ash like a rock as well with lots of dust.

 

[MustangMike]

Try cutting dead Locust that grew in sandy soil, you will sharpen your chain ever 2 or 3 rounds.

 

[Rob Stafari]

Like the big ol' hickory that was drug through the mud that I recently snagged from the local tree service... chain killer!

 

[Dub11]

Try cutting dead Locust that grew in sandy soil, you will sharpen your chain ever 2 or 3 rounds.

TRUTH! !! Or any hedge for that matter.

 

[RI Chevy]

Here is a photo of my Red Maple bark.

 

[huskihl]

Here is a photo of my Red Maple bark.

I don't know if red maple is called a soft maple, but that is exactly what we call soft maple